Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace
Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.
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- 1.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 2.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 3.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 4.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mango by the slide, an anchor by the bench, a ball by the fruit cart, an onion by the park gate, an umpire by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ball (b) mango (c) onion (d) anchor
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a pillow by the TV, a ball by the sofa, an ice cream by the dining table, a fan by the kitchen, a kettle by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pillow (b) kettle (c) ice cream (d) ball
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a goat by the sofa, a sock by the door, a monkey by the TV, a ball by the gate, a nest by the shoe rack. Where did you place the nest? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) door
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a mirror by the banyan tree, a frog by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the slide, a kettle by the swing, a kite by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) mirror (c) jalebi (d) kite
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a lemon by the fruit cart, a ladder by the swing, a cat by the slide, a fan by the bench, a lamp by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) ladder (b) cat (c) fan (d) lamp
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tent by the shoe rack, a goat by the sofa, an umpire by the kitchen, a key by the TV, a watch by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) watch (b) tent (c) umpire (d) key
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 15.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
- 16.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a cat by the park gate, a fan by the banyan tree, an owl by the fruit cart, a jug by the slide, a candle by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) fan (b) owl (c) candle (d) cat
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the door, an orange by the sofa, an igloo by the TV, a rose by the gate, a ladder by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) igloo (b) orange (c) urn (d) ladder
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 24.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a vase by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the swing, an onion by the banyan tree, a pencil by the post box, a key by the park gate. What did you place by the swing? (a) pencil (b) key (c) jalebi (d) onion
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a duck by the fruit cart, a pencil by the banyan tree, an umpire by the bus stop, a mango by the park gate, an igloo by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umpire (b) pencil (c) mango (d) igloo
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a duck by the banyan tree, a mango by the park gate, a kite by the fruit cart, a monkey by the swing, a shoe by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) kite (b) monkey (c) duck (d) shoe
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an apple by the TV, a sock by the shoe rack, a watch by the sofa, an anchor by the gate, a coconut by the door. Where did you place the apple? (a) shoe rack (b) gate (c) TV (d) door
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a cat by the blackboard, a pillow by the stairs, a banana by the library, a shoe by the classroom door, an anchor by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the shoe? (a) blackboard (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) library
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a needle by the post box, a rope by the fruit cart, a whistle by the bus stop, an orange by the park gate, a jalebi by the banyan tree. Where did you place the needle? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) banyan tree (d) bus stop
- 31.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the door, an umbrella by the gate, a nest by the shoe rack, a tiger by the sofa, an umpire by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umpire (b) candle (c) umbrella (d) tiger
- 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a watch by the kitchen, a kite by the dining table, a lamp by the sofa, a tiger by the bed, an inkpot by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) inkpot (b) tiger (c) watch (d) lamp
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the notice board, an umpire by the blackboard, a radio by the classroom door, a nest by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the stairs. Where did you place the glass? (a) classroom door (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) notice board
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a cat by the school gate, a lemon by the classroom door, a violin by the stairs, an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a whistle by the notice board. What did you place by the school gate? (a) lemon (b) cat (c) whistle (d) violin
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the kitchen, a rope by the shoe rack, a sock by the sofa, a key by the dining table, a doll by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) key (b) sock (c) rope (d) van
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umbrella by the library, a lemon by the teacher’s desk, a key by the classroom door, a wallet by the blackboard, an ice cream by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ice cream (b) key (c) lemon (d) wallet
Answer key
- fix stops in order
- the method of loci
- yes, with new pictures
- one you know very well
- mango
- kettle
- shoe rack
- step 1
- jalebi
- choose a place you know
- lamp
- step 4
- key
- fix stops in order
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- candle
- step 2
- igloo
- put pictures at stops
- put pictures at stops
- step 3
- add more stops
- jalebi
- pencil
- kite
- TV
- classroom door
- post box
- fix stops in order
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- tiger
- choose a place you know
- lamp
- notice board
- cat
- sock
- wallet
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